Homemade Dog Coat Conditioner Recipe With Coconut Oil

Give your dog a shiny, healthy coat with a homemade conditioning rinse.
by Susan Paretts
To moisturize your dog’s skin and remove tangles from its coat after bathing, use a conditioner specially made for dogs, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Since coconut oil not only has moisturizing and healing properties for irritated […]

The origin of life: DNA and protein, Dr. Gary Parker

by Dr. Gary Parker

First published in
Creation: Facts of Life
Chapter 1: Evidence of creation

The two basic parts of the tumbled pebble and the arrowhead we considered are hard and soft rock. Two basic parts of every living system are DNA and protein.

DNA is the famous molecule of heredity. It has been on the cover of Time […]

Haitians Burn Seeds Donated by Monsanto to Protect their Native Maize Seed

by Ryan Stock
Rural Haitian farmers gathered in Papaye, June 4, 2010. Many wore straw hats reading, “Aba Monsanto – down with Monsanto and Aba Preval – down with Preval.” (Photo: mediahacker)
Let It Burn

“A fabulous Easter gift,” commented Monsanto Director of Development Initiatives Elizabeth Vancil. Nearly 60,000 seed sacks of hybrid corn seeds and other vegetable […]

Low-Protein Leanness, Melanesians, and Hara Hachi Bu: Coconut Oil in Low Protein Weight Loss Program

by Perfect Health Diet

Gunther gatherer raised an interesting issue in a comment to Tuesday’s post.  Protein may be satiating in the short run; but what about the long run?

[H]igh protein keeps you full at first. But no one really knows for how long. Eventually it stops working and you find you’re eating a lot ON […]

Coconut Oil and Constipation

by RL Johnson

Are you suffering from constipation? If you are, you have probably tried numerous ways to find constipation relief. Constipation can be caused by numerous reasons including not eating enough fiber, not drinking enough liquids, a lack of exercise, certain medications, changes in lifestyle or routine, ignoring the urge to move your bowels, abusing […]

Raw Milk Dairy Farm Fights Back and Wins

by Annie White

With all the trouble that raw milk producers have had recently as the FDA hones in on the rise of its sale, it is certainly refreshing to see a win on the side of food freedom.

Bechards Family Farm in Conway, Missouri is run by husband and wife Armand and Teddi Bechard along with their […]

Using Raw Milk to recover from toxic mold digestive sickness

by hellaD

It is Real Milk Wednesday! I started posting articles about Real Fresh Raw Milk on Wednesdays because Kelly the Kitchen Kop does a Real Food Wednesday Bloghop. There are a lot of great links and recipes from the RealFood blogosphere posted there so check it out.
Today I finally got around to posting […]

While illegal in much of the US, Raw Milk vending machines are starting to pop up in Europe

by The Bovine
From Lune at the “Constant State of Flux” blog:

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We found the material for this post on the Salt Spring News along with the following bit of commentary:
“Having grown up on a dairy farm and having operated one myself, I’ve been drinking raw milk most of my life. […]

New Study Shows Lack of Vitamin D Linked to Strokes

by Dr. Mercola

Low levels of vitamin D, the essential nutrient obtained from exposure to sunlight, doubles the risk of stroke in Caucasians, according to a new report. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States.

The research team says its results fail to explain why African Americans, who are more likely […]

CBS News Investigates Child Flu Vaccine Seizures.

A student at Carlin Springs Elementary School receives an H1N1 flu vaccination January 7, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia. The US Centers for Disease Control reported in December that at least 60 million people in the US have been vaccinated against swine flu, with children being twice as likely as adults to have been innoculated. […]